Which returned more over the last year, SPBO or SUSC?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPBO returned −1.8% and SUSC −2.1%.

Which is cheaper, SPBO or SUSC?

SPBO is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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SPBO vs SUSC: Differences, Returns & Fees

SPBO's duration was 6.9 years on Jun 30, 2026 and SUSC's 6.7 on May 31, 2026; SPBO charges 0.03% to SUSC's 0.18%. Net assets: $2.1bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Corporate Bond ETF, and $1.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF.

SPBO costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.3 points; SPBO is 1.7 times larger.

SPBO vs SUSC: Differences, Returns & Fees
	SPBO	SUSC
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.18%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$2.1bn	$1.3bn
Total return, 1 year	−1.8%	−2.1%
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond Index ?	Bloomberg MSCI US Corporate ESG Focus Index
Holdings in common	27%
Below its high	4.0%, high on Feb 26, 2026	4.5%, high on Aug 3, 2021

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

−1.8%

SPBO total return, 1 year

−2.1%

SUSC total return, 1 year

0.03%

SPBO expense ratio

0.18%

SUSC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SPBO and SUSC hold 27% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

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half

27% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding SPBO SUSC

Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc, due Feb 1, 2046 0.20% 0.13%

Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd, due May 19, 2063 0.10% 0.09%

Wells Fargo & Co, due Apr 4, 2051 0.08% 0.09%

Amgen Inc, due Mar 2, 2033 0.10% 0.08%

International Business Machines Corp, due May 15, 2029 0.08% 0.08%

Bank of America Corp, due Apr 25, 2034 0.07% 0.08%

Bank of America Corp, due Dec 20, 2028 0.16% 0.07%

HSBC Holdings PLC, due Mar 10, 2037 0.07% 0.08%

Baker Hughes Holdings LLC / Baker Hughes Co-Obligor Inc, due Dec 15, 2027 0.07% 0.12%

Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd, due May 19, 2053 0.09% 0.07%

Gilead Sciences Inc, due Oct 15, 2033 0.09% 0.07%

CVS Health Corp, due Mar 25, 2048 0.07% 0.11%

Only in SPBO

BAT Capital Corp, due Aug 2, 2043 0.18%

CVS Health Corp, due Jun 1, 2044 0.16%

Verizon Communications Inc, due Mar 22, 2028 0.15%

Walmart Inc, due Apr 28, 2030 0.14%

AbbVie Inc, due Mar 15, 2029 0.14%

JPMorgan Chase & Co, due Jul 22, 2028 0.13%

AT&T Inc, due Aug 15, 2056 0.13%

Abbott Laboratories, due Mar 9, 2029 0.13%

Only in SUSC

Salesforce Inc, due Apr 11, 2028 0.35%

Avangrid Inc, due Jun 1, 2029 0.34%

Automatic Data Processing Inc, due May 15, 2028 0.34%

National Bank of Canada, due Dec 18, 2028 0.30%

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc, due Nov 1, 2029 0.24%

Cheniere Energy Inc, due Oct 15, 2028 0.24%

Koninklijke KPN NV, due Oct 1, 2030 0.22%

Edwards Lifesciences Corp, due Jun 15, 2028 0.22%

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On the same fields

SPBO

State Street SPDR Portfolio Corporate Bond ETF

SUSC

iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer State Street iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year −1.8% −2.1%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.9% (VTC) not published

Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs VTC not available

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.18%

Holdings 4403 3958

Net assets, SPBO as of Oct 8, 2026 and SUSC as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.1bn $1.3bn

SPBO and SUSC on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About SPBO

SPBO tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned −1.8% with distributions reinvested, against −1.9% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond Index ?. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 4.0% below its high of Feb 26, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

About SUSC

SUSC tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned −2.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. It sat 4.5% below its high of Aug 3, 2021 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SPBO or SUSC?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPBO returned −1.8% and SUSC −2.1%.
Which is cheaper, SPBO or SUSC?: SPBO is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

SPBO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPBO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗SUSC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SUSC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for SUSC ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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